Definitionen
1.NounA universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate."Theriac was essentially homeopathic in its supposed function, being an improvement on mithridate by virtue of containing more poisons."
2.NounA hyponym of panacea.
3.NounSynonym of antidote, particularly those incorporating snakemeat to cure snakebite.
4.NounSynonym of molasses.
5.AdjectiveSynonym of theriacal: of or related to theriac.
6.AdjectiveSynonym of medicinal.